Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing

Potter and Perrys Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing, the market-leading fundamentals text, presents the principles, concepts, and skills every nurse needs for success in nursing school and in practice. You can trust this text to provide your students with a rock-solid foundation for future success with its comprehensive coverage, nursing process framework, critical thinking emphasis, and focus on care in all settings. The consistent and logical organization and clear writing style make it a favorite of students and faculty alike.


The third Canadian edition addresses a number of key practice issues, including the increased focus on evidence-based practice, safety concerns, and end-of-life care. To better meet the needs of beginning students, a section on prioritizing has been added to the planning sections, and care plans have been expanded to more clearly explain assessment findings leading to nursing diagnoses, as well as evaluation of outcomes. All 45 chapters have been adapted to reflect nursing practice in Canada.

• Nursing process provides a consistent framework for clinical chapters


• Critical thinking model visually demonstrates application of nursing process and critical thinking


• Caring chapter addresses the compassion nurses must incorporate with clinical competence to deliver comprehensive care


• More than 65 skills include rationales for each step


• Geriatric, research, culture, and teaching boxes highlight key aspects of nursing care


• 3-tiered approach in implementation sections includes health promotion, acute care, and continuing care


• Evidence-based focus throughout


• Care plans demonstrate the application of the 5-step nursing process to individual patient problems


• Care plans include NIC intervention classifications
  
• CD Companion includes searchable glossary, Fluid and Electrolytes Tutorial, and Case studies for Critical Thinking Application
  

• Safety alerts in procedures provide techniques to ensure client and nurse safety


• Planning Section includes sections on Goals and Outcomes, Setting Priorities and Continuity of Care to help beginning students plan and prioritize comprehensive client care


• Rationales in care plans and procedures include references whenever possible to highlight evidence-based best practice


• NOC outcomes are incorporated in Care Plans as appropriate


• Care Plan format is expanded to more clearly present assessment, defining characteristics, and evaluation of outcomes


• Culture Boxes include more practical application value, providing guidelines for how to meet various cultural needs/preferences


• New Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines boxes review research that identifies best practices


• New content on end of life and palliative care


• New coverage of bioterrorism in Safety chapter


• Leadership chapter includes techniques for efficiently managing patient care to better address needs of students as they enter practice


• Enhanced CD Companion includes key skills with video clips